A 67-year-old man, Ahmed Atanda, who
lives at Oke-Adi area of Sango, Ilorin, Kwara State has allegedly impregnated a
14-year-old girl (name withheld) in the same neighborhood.
Atanda, a driver and divorcee father of
two, allegedly lured the girl to an uncompleted building at a nearby well at
Sango area and allegedly had carnal knowledge of her.
The girl’s mother, Hadijat Saliu, told
us in Ilorin on Monday that she had sent her daughter to fetch water at a nearby
well on Thursday morning.
Saliu said when the girl did not return
on time, she asked her elder sister to fetch her.
She said on getting there, the girl’s
elder sister met Atanda making love to the teenager and quickly rushed back home
to inform her.
Saliu said she immediately left for the
place and still met the man making love to the 14-year-old girl.She said when
she could no longer bear it, she tapped the man on the shoulder, adding that the
man quickly jumped up while unclad.
Saliu added that a doctor had confirmed
that her daughter was pregnant.Our correspondent gathered that Atanda and the
teenager had been regularly having intercourse for a while. Saliu said, “It is
true.
I met him on top of my daughter and I
tapped him to get up from her. We have gone to a hospital and a doctor confirmed
that my daughter is pregnant.
“I sent my daughter to go and fetch
water. When she did not come back on time, I sent her sister to fetch her. Her
sister came back to inform me that an old man was making love to my daughter.
So, I went there and saw things from myself.”
The victim also acknowledged that
Atanda had made love to her.But Atanda denied having any s*xual relationship
with the girl, alleging that he was being framed up.He stated that he had gone
to fetch dogonyaro leaves when the girl beckoned him to assist him lift her
bucket of water.
He added that he was taken aback when a
woman raised the alarm and alleged that he was making love to her daughter.
Atanda said, “On that day, I was just passing by to collect cashew and dogonyaro leaves to treat myself. The girl said I should help her lift her bucket of water she fetched from the well.
Atanda said, “On that day, I was just passing by to collect cashew and dogonyaro leaves to treat myself. The girl said I should help her lift her bucket of water she fetched from the well.
In the process, I heard one woman
shout, ‘Everyone come oo! Come oh! He is r**ping my daughter.“I did not have
canal knowledge of her because I had an operation near my private part and I
cannot have s**xual intercourse now.”
The Division Police Officer, Kulende
Police Station, Mr. Aminu Abdullahi, on Monday confirmed the incident.
He added that the girl’s mother reported the case to the police station. He added that the matter would be transferred to the state’s Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
He added that the girl’s mother reported the case to the police station. He added that the matter would be transferred to the state’s Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
Abdullahi said, “The woman had raise
the alarm and the matter was subsequently reported here. It is an unfortunate
incident.
“Right now we are preparing a signal
case file transfer to the state CID at the state headquarters. The offence was
reported at the station last week Thursday. He had c*rnal knowledge of the girl
at an uncompleted building very close to the well.”
–Punch
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